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2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

26 Colleges
$23,880 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,503 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Resource Management School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, human resource management was ranked #26 in the country. In fact 12,117 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Human Resource Management Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 26 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for HR students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for HR majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Human Resource Management Schools

#1

MSU Texas

Wichita Falls, TX
$11,726 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named MSU Texas the best value school in the Southwest Region for human resource management students. MSU Texas is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Wichita Falls.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MSU Texas are $11,726 a year.

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$25,090 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Oklahoma Christian University is a great value for human resource management students. OC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Edmond.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OC are $25,090 per year.

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$33,000 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Ottawa University - Surprise helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best human resource management schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large suburb of Surprise, Ottawa University - Surprise is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Ottawa University - Surprise undergraduate students pay an average of $33,000 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Human Resource Management at Ottawa University - Surprise Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 a year.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #5 spot in our Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

Full Human Resource Management at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

$9,552 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Phoenix - Arizona helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best human resource management schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UOPX - Arizona are $9,552 a year.

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#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

With a ranking of #6, Texas Tech University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human resource management students. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas Tech are $24,121 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas Tech also did well on our Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$35,500 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, Houston Baptist University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human resource management students. Located in the large city of Houston, HBU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at HBU are $35,500 per year.

Full Human Resource Management at Houston Baptist University Report

#8

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for human resource management students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, UH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UH are $21,891 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UH is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value human resource management programs. UH Clear Lake is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Houston.

UH Clear Lake undergraduate students pay an average of $20,994 in tuition and fees each year.

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$13,281 Average Tuition & Fees

Ottawa University - Phoenix did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for human resource management students. It came in at #10 on the list. Ottawa University - Phoenix is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ottawa University - Phoenix are $13,281 per year.

Full Human Resource Management at Ottawa University - Phoenix Report

Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 515
Arizona 552
Oklahoma 179
New Mexico 8

Human Resource Management is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to HR

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Arunkumar Umapathy.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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